Monday, Jul. 20, 1953
Born. To Robin Roberts, 26, the Philadelphia Phillies' pitching ace, and Mary Kalnes Roberts, 25: their second child, second son; in Abington, Pa. Name: Don Stephen. Weight: 9 Ibs. 13 oz.
Married. Jose Ferrer, 41, actor-producer-director of stage and screen (Cyrano de Bergerac, Moulin Rouge, The Shrike); and Songstress Rosemary Clooney, 25 (Come On-a My House); he for the third time, she for the first; in Durant, Okla., six days after Ferrer's previous wife, Broadway Actress Phyllis Hill* 32 (The Fifth Season), divorced him in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
Died. Titta Ruffo, 75, famed Italian baritone and onetime (1921-29) Metropolitan Opera star; of angina pectoris; in Florence, Italy. Son of a Pisan ironworker, Baritone Ruffo turned from blacksmithing to opera, during three decades earned critical raves and $1,750,000 before he retired in 1933.
Died. Irene Temple Bailey, 84, prolific, bestselling writer of high-flown romance (e.g., Wallflowers, Little Girl Lost); in Washington, D.C.
Died. Frankie Bailey, 94, the original "girl with the million-dollar legs" (no kin to Author Temple Bailey, above); in Los Angeles. She first caused a sensation at the turn of the century in Weber & Fields musicals, wearing full-length tights and a plumed hat. At 63 she vainly tried to crash the movies, lived her last years in penniless obscurity.
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